HR in the wild, where did all the old songs go? and linkrot (not a critique request)

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I ran across this skydiving video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=tLF8A00eg3I#t=42) and the music in the video (starts at 45s) reminded me of Greg_L's awesome Christmas tunes. Could even be one of his recordings; I don't know. I wanted to go listen to the other xmas tune's he's done, but upon searching, I found that many of his older ones (2010 and back) are no longer available.

Which brings me to (perhaps) the main point: linkrot makes me sad. :( And being professionally involved with things internet and technical, I know there's no real great solution. I'll likely even contribute to the problem by eventually removing* my own recordings from wherever they're currently scattered about the 'net. But sometimes it would be nice to have the "good stuff" never go away. :thumbs up:

Comments? ID on the song in that video? Please go on...

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*"Removing" content on the internet is, of course, not always a conscious decision on the part of the content creator. Yes, it sometimes is deliberately removed by the author, but could also be a lapse in a domain registration or hosting service, or failure/closing of a business that's hosting the content (i.e., Soundcloud didn't used to be a thing, and might not be a thing in the future), or a variety of other reasons.
 
Holy shit. That does sound like a Greg production. But a few things tell me it's not him. The drumming isn't completely Greg-ish to me. It's also a little too "nice", but still not impossible that he'd do this. But if he posted that recording here, I wouldn't even question that it's him.
 
That's a bit of a random song for that video :P

I'd think that if Greg wanted his Xmas stuff to be online, it would be on his Soundcloud. Look for one of his posts and click on his signature.
 
I thought he might land in the chimney but he just buttplanted the roof.
 
That's why whenever the "where should I host my songs" conversation comes up, I always tend to endorse hosting your mp3s as downloadables somewhere. That way, if we really like the song, we can hang onto it for later. :D

Pretty much every song I've posted here has suffered from link decay. That's part of why I have a designated "current song to preview" link now.

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Also, that's definitely not Greg's voice!
 
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